French Colony
In 1643 a French expedition under the direction of Jacques du Parquet the Governor of Martinique established a permanent settlement on the island under the Govenor De Rousselan who took a Carib wife and remained in post until his death in 1654.
In 1664, Thomas Warner (son of the governor of St Kitts) claimed Saint Lucia for England. He brought 1,000 men to defend it from the French, but after two years, only 89 survived, mostly due to disease. In 1666 the French administration returned and resumed control of the island. For years after this, the island was officially traded back and forth between the English and the French in various treaties, as a bargaining chip in negotiations although the French settlements remained and the island was a de facto French Colony well into the eighteenth century.
| Date | Country |
|---|---|
| 1674 | French crown colony |
| 1723 | Neutral territory (agreed by Britain and France) |
| 1743 | French colony (Sainte Lucie) |
| 1748 | Neutral territory (de jure agreed by Britain and France) |
| 1756 | French colony (Sainte Lucie) |
| 1762 | British occupation |
| 1763 | Restored to France |
| 1778 | British occupation |
| 1783 | Restored to France |
| 1796 | British occupation |
| 1802 | Restored to France |
| 1803 | British occupation |
| 1814 | British possession confirmed |
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